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The first rule of communication systems theory fight club…

Post author By G
Post date May 22, 2026
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It took me a long time and much exasperation to recognise and acknowledge that the first rule of communication systems theory club is: do not tell people about the theory. Not because the theory is secret. Because the theory is ineffective as information. People are not waiting for a better model of the system that […]

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Philosophy

Point in fact

Post author By G
Post date Feb 7, 2026
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The world does not need to collapse this hard or this fast. There are people who benefit from disorder and others who profit by it, but none of them are outside the structure they exploit. Everyone is anchored to the same reef of dependencies, because at this scale disagreement does not create separation. Dense intercommunication […]

cybernetics

Polarisation

Post author By G
Post date Jan 15, 2026
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Public opinion in the United States increasingly seems to fall into a familiar pattern. Not a rule, not a law, and not a permanent split, but a recurring tendency. Roughly half the population appears to think that what is happening is not acceptable. Roughly a third seems broadly comfortable with it. The rest are harder […]

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